{"product_id":"first-and-foremost-in-community-jonathan-lomas-9780802065322","title":"First and Foremost in Community Health Centres: The Centre in Sault Ste Marie and the Chc Alternatives","description":"The United Steelworkers of America opened Canada's first community health centre in Sault Ste Marie in 1958. The history of that centre provides a unique view of developments in health care delivery in Ontario over the past twenty-five years. As the costs of health care climb, the contribution of present approaches to the overall level of health is called increasingly into question, and discussions of alternative health care systems are now common. Some policy-makers believe that community health centres represent the direction of the future. \u003cbr\u003eLomas considers that conviction in light of the complex issues raised in the Sault Ste Marie experience. he traces the success of the organizers in mobilizing the community and reveals the obstacles they faced, from harassment by local doctors to the reluctance of government to respect the centre's unique position under national health insurance. The same forces that shaped the Sault Ste Marie centre -- government attitudes, medical resistance, and community response -- will affect the development of alternative health services generally. \u003cbr\u003eLomas questions whether there is a single best alternative. He concludes with an account of related developments in Ontario, and suggests that community health centres are assuming an increasingly important role.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Lomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802065325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802065322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Jonathan Lomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448958693631,"sku":"9780802065322","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60993513-1a92-4288-8365-5c39c93356d3.jpg?v=1777261347","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-and-foremost-in-community-jonathan-lomas-9780802065322","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}